5G-PPP

5G PPP @IEEE CAMAD'18
2018-09-17 08:00 - 2018-09-19 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Barcelona
5G-PHOS is co-organizing a Workshop on 5G Wireless and Optical Technologies for Mobile Communication Systems, in collaboration with the 5G PPP projects 5G-ESSENCE, 5G-PICTURE and 5G Bluespace.

This Workshop, co-located in IEEE CAMAD 2018, aims to offer an opportunity for academic and industrial researchers to discuss on feasible solutions including evolutional technologies and ecosystems for the realization of 5G and beyond. CAMAD is held in Barcelona, Spain, on 17-19 September 2018.

5G-PHOS, 5G-ESSENCE, 5G-PICTURE and 5G Bluespace are calling for papers.
Prospective authors are invited to submit original and unpublished work on research topics including the following:

Novel 5G radio access network (RAN) architectures.
Fiber/Wireless convergence for 5G Front/Back-hauling.
Analog/Digital Radio-over-Fiber solutions for 5G communications.
CoMP (coordinated multi-point) transmission and reception.
Access control for converged hybrid Optical/Wireless networks.
Distributed antenna systems.
Advanced relaying, user terminal relaying.
Small cell deployment, femtocells, picocells for dense/ultra-dense deployment.
Terminal intelligence, Context awareness.
Advanced radio resource management (RRM) techniques.
Interference management, interference awareness.
Inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC, eICIC).
Congestion management.
Emerging technologies in 5G physical layer.
Interference-robust air interface.
Higher-order massive MIMO, Active antenna systems (AAS).
Multiuser communications, Network information theory.
Novel modulation and coding schemes.
Enhanced voice and video, Telepresence
Point-to-point (P2P) / device-to-device (D2D) communications
mmWave 5G communications.
Channel characteristics and modelling.
Beamforming, beam tracking; Mobility solutions.
Energy efficiency and energy consumption models.
Joint RF-baseband optimization, end-to-end energy optimization.
Aggregation of intra and inter-band carriers for both FDD and TDD.
Cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access.
Adaptive radio access techniques.
Prototyping and test-bed for emerging 5G technologies.

ORGANIZERS
-George Kalfas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki).
-Idelfonso Tafur Monroy (Technical University of Eindhoven)
-Ioannis Chochliouros (Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE)

5G Infrastructure Association - Annual meeting of the General Assembly
2018-09-18 14:00 - 18:00 | Thon Hotel Bristol Stephanie, Avenue Louise, 91-93, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
The General Assembly is reserved to the Members of the 5G IA only.

5G EVE Webinar for ICT-19 Proposers
2018-09-20 15:00 - 17:00
On Thursday, 20 September 2018, 3-5 pm, the 5G EVE project will hold a webinar to explain its end-to-end facility to ICT-19 proposers.
For ICT-19 proposers it is important to correctly understand how they can make use of the 5G end-to-end platforms. The webinar will give an overview on the 5G EVE platform and answer questions like: How does the platform support ICT-19 projects in realising the European 5G vision of “5G empowering vertical industries”? How does it support “technological and business validation of 5G end-to-end connectivity”?
In our webinar, we will provide specific answers to these questions for the 5G EVE end-to-end facility. The webinar will inform ICT-19 proposers and other interested participants about the 5G EVE facility and how to access and use it for the trials and validations of ICT-19 projects.
Further information, including the agenda, is available on the Webinar Page.
Anyone interested can register by 18 September via the Registration Page.

European 5G Roundtable
2018-09-25 09:30 - 16:30
The 5G Infrastructure Association will be present at the European 5G Roundtable organised in Brussels on September 25, 2018. Mr. Colin Willcock Chair 5G IA will share viewpoints from the European Parliament, the European Commission and the industry. Mr. Jacques Magen, 5G IA Verticals Engagement Task Force will also be there.

5G Techritory
2018-09-27 08:00 - 2018-09-28 19:00 | Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & Spa Hotel, Riga, Elizabetes iela 55, Centra rajons, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia
The leading 5G players from all over the world will meet in Latvia in September
Baltic Sea Region 5G Ecosystem Forum “5G Techritory” – one of the leading 5G events worldwide will be held on 27-28 September 2018 in Riga, Latvia. It is organized by the Electronic Communication Office of Latvia in a close cooperation with the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia, the Nordic Council of Ministers, 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
5G Techritory will have a rather unique objective to create a platform for the development of a healthy 5G ecosystem which would serve as a role model for building the European Gigabit Society.
The Forum will highlight:

high level business and political discussions on 5G global deployment, including on how to turn visions into real business models as well as on the latest 5G progress in Europe;
such verticals as smart city, smart mobility, smart healthcare and Industry 4.0;
exclusive Inspirational Talks “Future of the Car” with Steve Mollenkop, CEO, Qualcomm;
the latest 5G technology presentations.

It is expected that in total 5G Techritory will bring together up to 1000 senior attendees and around 60 senior speakers from Europe, Asia and the USA, including global and regional business leaders, European leading policymakers and government officials, heads of international organizations, investors, business developers, industry experts, content providers, innovation promoters, start-ups, academic and media representatives.
As there will also be a close synergy between the latest digital agenda of the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Forum, the next high-level meeting of senior officials of the digital ministries of the Baltic-Nordic countries will be organized back to back with the Forum on 26 September in Riga.
Are you interested in participating?
There will be an excellent opportunity for you to meet many important players related to 5G agenda in Europe as it is well positioned for getting at the forefront of the introduction of 5G technology and to challenge Silicon Valley and Asia in this global competition.
It is still possible to register for 5G Techritory with an Early Bird fee by 26 August through the Forum website. There are also more details about the Forum, including special prices on flights and accommodation.

13th edition of the Telecom Paris Talks: "5G evolution or revolution?"
2018-10-10 19:00 - 21:30 | Telecom Paris, 46 rue Barrault, Paris 13, 75013, France
The French Ecole d’ingénieurs Telecom Paris Tech organises its 13th edition of the Telecom Paris Talks on “5G evolution or revolution?” on October 10th, 2018 (in French only).
5G standardisation is almost completed. The 5G ecosystem is building rapidly (telecom operators, service providers, industry players,…). Researchers and scientists imagine new usages, trials are flourishing and regulators are actively preparing spectrum auctions. However, what is 5G? Is it a new mobile generation with new services and new networks? Is it a brand news ecosystem with services that we find difficult to define?
Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, Secretary General 5G IA and Carole Manero, Wireless services practice leader IDATE DigiWorld/To-Euro-5G will be there to present their views.

5G-VINNI webinar for ICT-19 proposers
2018-10-15 15:00 - 17:00
5G-VINNI organizes a webinar for ICT-19 proposers that will take place on 15 October 2018, 15:00-17:00 CEST.
For ICT-19 proposers it is important to correctly understand how they can make use of the 5G-VINNI end-to-end facility. The webinar will give an overview on the facility and answer the questions that proposers have.
The target audience for this webinar are proposers for ICT-19 projects in the context of the 5G PPP initiative of the H2020 programme of the European Commission.
Further information, including the agenda, will be available on webinar’s event page.
You must register before 12 October 2018 to attend the webinar via the dedicated registration page.

Workshop on 3GPP submission towards IMT-2020
2018-10-24 13:00 - 2018-10-25 17:00 | Conference center Borschette, Rue Froissart 36, Brussels, Belgium
3GPP will hold a Workshop aimed at informing the ITU sanctioned Evaluation Groups, policy makers and interested experts on the progress of the 3GPP work to meet and exceed the performance requirements for IMT-2020 radio interface technologies. The Workshop will be hosted by The European Commission, in Brussels.
This event is in addition to the evaluation material being sent to the ITU, using the IMT-2020 ‘submission templates’ detailing the service, spectrum and technical performance results achieved by 3GPP Radio Interface Technologies (RITs) or Set of Radio Interface Technologies (SRITs).
The presentations at the Workshop will cover the detail of these formal submissions, breaking down their key elements to help the evaluation groups study the technical merits of the 3GPP proposal (encompassing NR and LTE) and its ability to meet the IMT-2020 objectives.
Find additional information here.

TU-Automotive Europe 2018
2018-10-30 - 2018-10-31 | Infinity Hotel & Conference Resort, Munich, Andreas-Danzer-Weg 1, Unterschleißheim, 85716, Germany
The 16th annual TU-Automotive Europe Conference & Exhibition – Europe’s largest event for the connected car – will discuss how to collaborate and integrate through partnerships, understand consumer needs and more. Speakers include Renault Group, Skoda, Renault Nissan Alliance, NIO and more.
At the conference, expert speakers will get to grips with the methods and technology enabling autonomy, debate developing partnerships to capitalise on new business models and provide insight on understanding consumers needs.
The show will have tracks on connected services, smart cities and mobility and ADAS & autonomous vehicles amongst other topics to allow you to create a bespoke agenda that tackles the challenges your business is facing. There will also be new features and formats such as startup content and roundtables.
Topics include:

When do we make money with mobility?
Mobility as a Service – Adapting to a new ecosystem
Connected Commerce in the Car – The New Consumer Marketplace
Investing in the Future of Mobility – Adding value to the customer journey
Customer Experience as one of the key new paradigm of the automobile
The Key to Securely Drive Current and Future OEM Business Models

5G PPP CfP @ IEEE NFV-SDN’18
2018-11-27 08:00 - 2018-11-29 17:00 | Roseo Hotel Leon d’Oro, Viale del Piave 5, Verona, 37135, Italy
The 4th IEEE Conference on Network Functions Virtualization and Software Defined Networking (IEEE NFV-SDN 2018) will be held this year in Verona, Italy on November 27-29, 2018.
In addition to the latest NFV and SDN concepts and mechanisms, the 2018 IEEE NFV-SDN conference will focus on first operational results related to virtualized networks functions (VNFs) as well as designing, describing, orchestrating, and managing new applications made of VNFs which smarten networks and their usage.

5G PPP projects MATILDA and 5GTANGO call for papers for the 5GNetApp Workshop on “5G-ready Network Applications and Services Development and Orchestration over Application-aware Network Slices”.

Description:
5G networks design and evolution is considered as a key to support the introduction of digital technologies in economic and societal processes, leading to the fourth industrial revolution, which is impacting multiple sectors. To fulfil the set of identified requirements and -in parallel- take into account the peculiarities associated with each vertical industry, 5G networks have to be operated by intelligent orchestration platforms able to support end-to-end applications and services provision over a programmable network, compute and storage infrastructure. By leveraging virtualization and softwarization technologies, developers and operators have to better match needs and capabilities, building application-aware networks and network-aware applications.
Towards this direction, the main technical focus of the 5GNetApp workshop regards the presentation of approaches tackling design, development and orchestration aspects of both network applications and network services, focusing on one hand on the interplay among intelligent orchestration mechanisms in both levels (applications and network services orchestration) and, on the other hand, on validation and verification mechanisms of the developed software. Edge computing synergy with NFV and SDN, Separation of concerns among Intelligent Application and Network Services Orchestration and Validation and Verification of Network Services and VNFs are within the core aspects tackled in the workshop.
Main Topics:

Intelligent NFV Orchestration Mechanisms;
Vertical Applications/Edge Computing Orchestration Mechanisms;
Interplay with OSS/Slice Management Systems of Telcos;
Edge computing synergy with NFV and SDN;
Profiling mechanisms for Network Services and Applications;
Validation and Verification of Network Services and VNFs;
Northbound slice management interfaces towards vertical application orchestration mechanisms;
5G Network Slice Management;
Network Slice Intent modelling and translation mechanisms;
Secure Network Services and NetApps Orchestration Mechanisms.

Workshop Paper Submission:
Prospective authors are invited to submit original workshop papers for publication in the IEEE NFV-SDN 2018 Conference Proceedings and for presentation in the technical sessions. We solicit submission of high-quality papers reporting original and novel research results on the workshop topics. Papers must be written in English, un-published and not submitted elsewhere. They must be formatted according to the standard IEEE double-column conference template. Workshop papers may be up to five (5) pages in length (10pt font); max. One additional page with overlength page charge of 100 USD if accepted.
Submission of papers is going to be realised via https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25030
Important Dates:

Workshop Paper Submission: August 28, 2018
Notification of Acceptance: September 20, 2018
Camera-ready Paper Submission: October 7, 2018

6th Global 5G Event: 5G Technology Changing Paradigms of a New Society
2018-11-28 - 2018-11-30 | Pestana Hotel, Av. Atlântica, 2964, Copacabana, RJ, RJ, 22070-000, Brazil
5G Brasil is hosting the 6th Global 5G Event – 5G Technology Changing Paradigms of a New Society – with other leading 5G organizations from China, European Union, Japan, Republic of Korea and United States of America on November 28-30, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro, RJ – 30 August 2018 – 5G Brasil will host five leading global organizations, committed to bringing 5G technology successfully to their country or region, by offering collaboration and cooperation in a public symposium hosted for the first time in Latin America. 5G Brasil announced today the 6th Global 5G Event – named 5G Technology: Changing Paradigms of a New Society. The event will occur from November 28-30, 2018, with limited capacity and the venue will be Pestana Hotel, at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro.
The Global 5G Event is an event where the world’s leading 5G organizations will discuss the latest research and development achievements and views on 5G. About 50 experts from around the world, including business leaders, researchers, engineers, professors, technical experts and policymakers, will present their views on 5G in eight panels and four keynote sessions. The following aspects on 5G will be addressed: government policies, challenges, opportunities, spectrum harmonization, regulatory issues, standardization process, research and technological trends, infrastructure, trials, precommercial launches, vertical markets and use cases.
The final programme of the event is available here. The eight European speakers will be:

Philippe Lefebvre (EC/DG CONNECT) will contribute to a panel
Colin Willcock (5G-IA) will contribute to 2 panels slots and to the 7th G5GE June 2019 introduction
Ari Pouttu (Oulu University) will contribute to a panel
Jean-Pierre Bienaimé (5G-IA) will be a panel moderator and contribute to two panels
Emmanuel Dotaro (5G-IA/Thales) will contribute to two panels
Giovanni Corazza (5G-IA) will be a panel moderator
Didier Bourse (5G PPP/Nokia) will contribute to a panel
Uwe Herzog (Eurescom) : will contribute to a panelp

Contact Information:
Vicki Livingston
5G Americas
Cell: +1 414 688 9000
vicki.livingston@5gamericas.org
Yoshinori Ohmura
5GMF
Phone: +81-3-5510-8594
y-ohmura@arib.or.jp
Jaewon HEO
5G Forum
jwheo@kani.or.kr
Alessandro Bedeschi
5G Infrastructure Association
alessandro.bedeschi@5g-ppp.eu
José Marcos C. Brito
5G Brasil
brito@inatel.br
Ying ZHU
IMT-2020 (5G) PG
zhuying@caict.ac.cn

DigiWorld Summit 2018: Phygital
2018-11-28 09:00 - 18:00 | Maison de la Mutualité, 24 Rue Saint-Victor, Paris 5, 75005, France
The DigiWorld Summit has become Europe’s key annual event for telecom, internet and media experts from around the globe. The 2018 edition is placed under the High Patronage of Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic.
Today, people and usages are at the heart of innovation, business models, and the economy. Digital is no longer an option: it is a requirement.
While “digital” is essentially composed of a set of services and innovative technologies, “physical” is a much wider and historical concept, from the human being to its environment. In our offices, farms, stores, homes, restaurants, infrastructures, cars, devices… Nowadays, digital and physical are interconnected everywhere at all time. The plenary sessions and thematic conferences will be an opportunity to study usages in our society today to understand better how the physical world we live in and the digital services we consume are interconnected, and finally foresee the resulting phygital value chain of tomorrow.
To-Euro-5G will be there.

To understand upcoming disruptions and their impact on Telecom-Internet-Media markets
To benefit from international benchmarks and open visions
To enjoy opportunities of stimulating debates and networking

Additional information is available here.

EC, 5G PPP & 5G IA @5G Italy
2018-12-04 - 2018-12-06 | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 7, Roma, 00185, Italy
CNIT (National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications, www.cnit.it), a consortium of 37 Italian public universities, is organizing 5G Italy (https://www.5gitaly.eu/en/home2/), an event in Rome (4, 5 and 6 December) where politics, regulatory authorities, research, businesses, economy and public administrations meet, addressing the challenges and opportunities of the upcoming 5G network. It will be a three-day conference, focusing on Policy and Research and dealing with relevant vertical applications: Media and Tourism, Energy, Industry 4.0, eHealth, Transports, Mobility and Automotive, Public Administration, Defence and Security. Also, an update will be given on the 5G trials currently on going in Italy.
Representatives from the European Commission and 5G IA / 5G PPP will be among the speakers (https://www.5gitaly.eu/en/agenda-2/).
In the framework of 5G Italy, CNIT is also editing a white book (https://www.5gitaly.eu/white-book/), with the aim of documenting the Italian 5G ecosystem, presenting the work done up to now by significant research and industry players, including field trials, the most interesting applications and vertical exploitations and, last but not least, reporting on regulatory and market/business issues.
CNIT is also organizing an international PhD School (https://www.5gitaly.eu/phd-school/) on 5G issues, co-located with the main event, and giving to the students of the school the opportunity to attend selected talks of the main event.
Distinguished representatives of the EC and of the 5G IA will participate to the conference and contribute to the white book.

5G PPP @ICT-2018 Imagine Digital -Connect Europe
2018-12-04 08:00 - 2018-12-06 18:00 | Austria Center Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, Vienna, 1220, Austria
The European path towards next-generation smart networks will be presented, together with 5G PPP, at ICT 2018 in Vienna on 4-6 December.
ICT 2018 will take place in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018. This research and innovation event will focus on the European Union’s priorities in the digital transformation of society and industry. It will present an opportunity for the people involved in this transformation to share their experience and vision of Europe in the digital age.

5G PPP projects will be very active. There will be four 5G PPP related booths and networking sessions:

A 5G PPP ‘Information Kiosk’ where videos, brochures and flyers will be displayed
A 5G PPP ‘Demo booth’ where some projects will show their demos (e.g. SliceNet eHealth and Plug and Play scenarios for verticals +2 other videos @C28 in the General Exhibition Area, 5th December 2018, 13:05-17:35)
Two project booths: 5GCity and 5GCAR.

Networking sessions are also organised:

Session title: Stimulating innovation over next generation 5G network infrastructures
Date, Time, Venue: 6th December 2018, 10:00-10:45, Hall L7
URL: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/events/cf/ict2018/item-display.cfm?id=22032
Organiser: Milon Gupta, Eurescom on behalf of 5G EVE, 5G-VINNI, and 5GINFIRE
Session title: Artificial Intelligence – New Solutions for Real-time Service Delivery
Date, Time, Venue: 5th December 2018, 11:30-12:15, Hall L6/3
URL: https://slicenet.eu/networking-session-at-ict-2018-on-artificial-intelligence/ and at the event site: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/events/cf/ict2018/item-display.cfm?id=21598
Organiser: Milon Gupta, Eurescom on behalf of SliceNet
Session title: Network Slicing Room 2.95, 04/12/2018 (16:00-16:45)
Network slicing is one of the core features of the flexible and adaptive mobile network architecture being introduced with 5G. The EU project 5G-MoNArch enhances and completes the network architecture such that 5G becomes actually usable for many scenarios, and it develops features and innovations on network resilience, security and elasticity that support a wide range of industrial and media & entertainment use cases. 5G-MoNArch brings E2E network slicing into practice, with implementing and deploying two real-world testbeds, namely, the Hamburg Smart Sea Port and the Turin Touristic City. Organiser: Lars Christoph SCHMELZ (Nokia, Bell Labs Research, Germany)

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On the 5G road to Smart Mobility – Hall A, Level 2, 05/12/2018 (16:30-18:00)

Connected cars will change our lives and shape the future of road transport by making transport safer, more accessible and sustainable. Vehicle connectivity and progressing automation levels are now entering the consumer and professional markets. In the meantime, the Commission set out a strategic connectivity objective: the deployment of 5G infrastructure along the main transport paths in Europe by 2025. This objective is closely linked to the expectation that 5G connectivity will be a major enabler for connected and automated mobility, a key opportunity for Europe to lead in digital innovation. Read more

ICT-20-2019-2020 – 5G Long Term Evolution – Hall L2, 06/12/2018 (11:30-12:15)
Whilst 5G early introduction targets “local” network improvements (e.g. at radio access level), the longer term vision targets the realisation of pervasive mobile virtual services, through a network managing compute, storage and transport connectivity functions[1] in an integrated way. The challenge is to transform the network into a low energy distributed computer, where processes and applications are dynamically created, moved and suppressed, depending on the information flows, customer needs, and where new terminal types in cars, objects, appliances, and new interfaces based on gestures, facial expressions, sound and haptics may be the basis of the interaction between humans and the infosystems.Read more
ICT-23-2019 – EU-Taiwan 5G collaboration – Room N1, 06/12/2018 (09:00-09:45)

This activity, integrated end-to-end network for 5G trials, is to test 5G systems for specific applications and it follows up on the first targeted opening call with Taiwan in which 5G research and demonstration facilities offered by Taiwan towards collaborative 5G research with the EU. Read more
Explore the ICT-2018 Conference Programme here.

One5G and 5G-XCast WS on "5G Advanced : The Next Evolution Step of 5G New Radio"@IEEE Globecom 2018
2018-12-08 - 2018-12-13 | Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Khaleej Al Arabi Street, P.O. Box 5546, United Arab Emirates
One5G and 5G-XCast will organise a Full Day workshop titled “5G Advanced : The Next Evolution Step of 5G New Radio”.
They also have a special session, “The Local Impact of 5G” to attract regional SMEs and Startups.
They are calling for papers.

India EU Stakeholders’ Workshop on 5G Technology Landscape
2019-02-04 - 2019-02-06 | India Habitat Center (TBC), Lodhi Road Near Airforce Bal Bharati School, Institutional Area, Lodi Colony, New Delhi, India
As the global community gears up to implement the first wave of 5G technologies, it is important to collaborate on the trials and pilots and share the experiences. At the same time, a shared vision for further development of technologies and deployment of futuristic technologies, is necessary to accelerate the delivery of benefits of this wave of telecom to the global community at large.
Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) has been leading efforts to incorporate India specific requirements and solutions thereof from 5G in global forums. The 5G Infrastructure Association (5G-IA) is the voice of the European Industry for the development and evolution of 5G, and thus committed to build global consensus on 5G. Broadband India Forum (BIF), is championing efforts on leveraging 5G technologies for the propagation of broadband in India.
With the support of EU Delegation to India and India-EU Partnership Project on ICT Cooperation, TSDSI and BIF have joined hands with 5GIA to organize a workshop that will bring together technology experts from the EU and India geographies to share their experiences and explore areas of mutual collaboration.
IoRL, 5GX-Cast, Sat5G, 5GMoNarch and NGPaaS will be present.
The workshop will cover topics from following areas:

5G Architecture and applications
Status of standardization
5G Trials, Interoperability and Test Beds
Rural 5G
mmWave and VLC Building Network Architecture
Cloud, Satellite and Broadcast viz. 5G

Speakers at the workshop include Experts from EU and India, Mr Jean-Pierre Bienaime, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Mr T V Ramachandran, Mr Satish Jamadagni, Mr Anindya Saha, Mr Belkacem Mouhouche, Mr Bessem Sayadi, Mr David Gutierez Estevez, Ms Georgia Poziopoulou, Mr John Cosmas, Prof. Kiran Kuchi, Dr R K Ganti, Mr R Prakash and others.

Participation: Participation is open to all on prior registration. Due to limited seats in the workshop, participants will be confirmed on first-cum-first serve basis.

VISA Facilitation Support: Speaker and participating delegates requiring invitation letters for Visa purposes may send an email request to outreach@tsdsi.in stating 5G-Workshop VISA request in the subject line.

5G Vertical User Workshop
2019-02-12 12:00 - 2019-02-13 13:00 | Marriot Brussels, Rue Auguste Orts 3-7, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
5G networks are intended to bring a new disrupting ecosystem, where actors such as the Vertical industries (automotive, industry 4.0, health, media, security & public safety, energy,…) will be involved alongside the telecom operators, manufacturers, SMEs and Research Institutes.
This 5G Vertical Users Workshop aimed at establishing a collaborative event for strategic dialogue between industries and 3GPP by exchanging on future needs and upcoming standard developments. The workshop as a result, aimed at producing a report shared directly to 3GPP Project Coordination Group (PCG) as a mean to stimulate and facilitate greater involvement of the 5G Vertical Users in the 3GPP process.
The workshop was held in Brussels on 12th and 13th February, 2019. Please see all presentations of the workshop!

MWC19 Barcelona
2019-02-25 - 2019-02-28 | Fira Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 64 08908, Spain
MWC Barcelona is the largest mobile event in the world, bringing together the latest innovations and leading-edge technology from more than 2,400 leading companies, with a highly-rated conference programme assembling today’s visionaries to explore the hottest topics influencing the industry.MWC Barcelona features extensive learning opportunities from dozens of partner-led programmes, GSMA seminars, summits and more. Everything you need to know about the industry, today and beyond, can be found here. With over 107,000 key decision-makers expected to attend, #MWC19 promises to expand your professional network and help you achieve your goals.
5 Reasons to Attend MWC19

Gain a World-class Education through dozens of conference sessions, partner programmes, seminars, and other opportunities led by today’s top industry influencers.
Experience an Outstanding Exhibition representing products and services from leading, global technology companies.
Reach your company objectives through Exceptional Networking with over 100k attendees from over 200 countries, including almost 60% senior-level executives.
Explore the Hottest innovation with a front row seat to new products, cutting-edge technology, and revolutionary ideas.
Experience the Widest Industry Reach at the one event that brings the international technology community to the same place at the same time.

Second Towards TeraHerz Communications Workshop
2019-03-07 08:30 - 17:00 | Conference center Borschette, Rue Froissart 36, Brussels, Belgium
The ICT Beyond 5G Cluster (formed by seven H2020 funded in the ICT-09-2017 call (more info http://ultrawave2020.eu/ict-09-2017-cluster/ with the support of European Commission) will host the 2nd Towards THz Communications Workshop with the support of the European Commission.
This 2nd workshop aims at bringing together key actors currently working on, or having interest, in THz communications in order to explore future R&I plans for the period beyond 2020. The main goal of the workshop will be to have an overview of the current state of the art of the research in this area, to discuss the main challenges still to be explored, to highlight key research directions for future R&I actions and to share opinions on the foreseen frequency bands which could be good candidate to be supported by the EU in the global allocation exercise.
The workshop will be concluded by a panel session with the plenary speakers to summarise ideas and provide an input to EC for future calls.
Additional information is available here.
Registration is free of charge. To register click here.

Workshop on 5G @Institut Mines Télécom
2019-03-26 13:00 - 2019-03-27 13:00 | Institut Mines Telecom, 46 rue Barrault, Paris 13, 75013, France
The Institut Mines Télécom organises a workshop on 5G in their Paris offices on March 26-27, 201 (March 26th 1:00 – 5:00pm and March 27th 9:00am – 1:00pm).

The workshop is a unique opportunity to gain insights into 5G Technology, the current evolutions of 5G Standards and plans for 5G commercialisation and to hear from industry experts from Qualcomm, academic & research experts from IMT & Eurecom about the latest happenings in 5G Innovation.
Free online registration here!

Metro-XHaul @IFIP/IEEE (IM 2019)
2019-04-08 14:00 - 2019-04-12 23:00 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Washington DC, 300 Army Navy Dr, Arlington, VA, 22202, United States
Metro-Haul has a conference contribution by Rafael Leira, Iván González, Jorge E. López de Vergara from Naudit;
Title: Wormhole streaming engine: A real 100 Gbit/s monitoring process using affordable Big

Network management is a never-ending challenge that increases in difficulty every year with the network evolution. This transformation affects directly the classical network monitoring process, which consists on very large dedicated and expensive monitoring equipment.
As an alternative, we have been working on a distributed monitoring system which allows monitoring not only different points along the network, but also at current link speeds, such as 100 Gbit/s. However, 100 Gbit/s monitoring represents a huge difference from the classical big data streaming problems, where even with high input rates the data is usually previously distributed and requires a complex computation, and therefore, a huge amount of computers.
It is not affordable nor adequate to build a large cluster to monitor a network. To solve this situation, we have created Wormhole, a streaming engine designed to take advantage of the latest network technologies and to grow mainly vertically but also horizontally. By mixing Wormhole as network monitoring entry point and other solutions like Apache Hadoop, Hive or Spot, we have designed a full system that is able to grow cheaply with the network and provides full analysis, from real-time statistics to machine learning predictions based on previous captures.

5G Realised Summit
2019-04-10 09:00 - 2019-04-11 18:00 | Congress Center, 28 Great Russell Street, London,, WC2B 4BG, United Kingdom
The 5G Realised Summit will build upon the 5G infrastructure core and will then feature 7 workshops led by industry experts from the respective verticals to further investigate and demonstrate the use cases in each vertical.
“This event is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate some of this leading work to the world and bring Government and industry together with the aim of unlocking the revolutionary benefits of 5G across the economy and wider society.” – Margot James, Minister for Digital, UK
The 5G Realised Summit is endorsed by 5G IA.

Smart Future Cities
2019-04-10 09:00 - 2019-04-11 18:00 | ILEC Conference Centre, 47 Lillie Rd, Fulham, London, SW6 1UD, United Kingdom
Smart to Future Cities & Urban IoT returns to London in 2019 for its 8th edition; the only European centric Smart Cities event to really focus on practical, scalable applications of smart city initiatives to improve infrastructure and quality of life.
Key issues of funding, security, scalability, & citizen engagement will be addressed through case studies, discussion groups and interactive panels in a program which drills down into the real needs of smart city leaders.
2019 brings an added emphasis on engaging enterprises from within Smart City environments including energy, utilities, transportation, construction healthcare alongside cities, governments, local governments and authorities to deliver the full smart city value chain.
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CfP @CLEEN'19 WS
2019-04-15 | Marrakech, Morocco
5G PPP projects will be present at this major event as it was the case in previous editions. 5G-Coral and 5G-Transformer are organising a workshop on CLoud Technologies and Energy Efficiency in Mobile Communication Networks @CLEEN 2019.

Scope and objectives:
This workshop explores novel concepts to allow for flexibly centralised radio access networks using cloud-processing based on open IT platforms, exploiting network virtualization and multi-access edge computing technologies that are recognized as key enablers for the definition of future 5G systems. The aim is to allow for a guaranteed high quality of experience for mobile access via efficient management of cloud resources and services, and to allow for a future network evolution focused on energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. In fact, all future innovative network solutions will be conceived and deployed with a long term perspective of sustainability, both in terms of energy consumption of the mobile network, its related interoperability with terminals and the cost efficiency of the different deployment and management options. This requires new concepts for the design, operation, and optimization of radio access networks, backhaul networks, operation and management algorithms, and architectural elements, tightly integrating mobile networks and cloud-processing. The emerging paradigm of distributed cloud environment is also a key topic. This workshop will cover technologies across PHY, MAC, and network layers, technologies which extrapolate the cloud-paradigm to the radio access and backhaul network, and will analyse the network evolution from an energy efficiency perspective. It will study the requirements, constraints, and implications for mobile communication networks, and also potential relationship with the offered service, both from an academic and industrial point of view.
Important Dates:
Paper Submission: 10/01/2019
Acceptance Notification: 15/02/2019
Camera-Ready: 1/03/2019
Workshop: April 15, 2019
This edition, CLEEN2019 workshop will be organized with a more creative format, conceived with the particular aim to generate lively interactions and foster new ideas. In particular, current shape of the programme agenda is including the Open Forum “Distributed Computing beyond 5G”, that will provide an interactive discussion platform for all stakeholders (from practitioners to experienced researchers and industry leaders), with the aim to encourage collaboration and stimulate a lively interaction, to identify open challenges and research gaps toward new systems (even beyond 5G).
More on this Workshop here.

NGPaaS CfP @2nd Cloud-native Design
2019-04-15 - 2019-04-18
NGPaaS is organising the 2nd Cloud-native Design Workshop in conjunction with IEEE WCNC conference (Apri 15-18, 2019) to be held on April 15th, 2019 in Marrakech, Morocco and calls for papers:

5G is expected to introduce disruptive use-cases thanks to its ultra-reliable, low-latency, high-speed connectivity such as remote healthcare, autonomous cars, advanced robotics, AR/VR, IoT… But this “golden digital age” will not become a reality with today’s bulky mobile networks Infrastructure-As-A-Service model and a more agile and powerful model directly inspired by web scale players “cloud-native” approach is required. This model leverages Micro-Services Architecture (MSA) and is called the Platform-As-A-Service:

Micro-service Architecture simplifies complex software systems by breaking them into sub-components distributed across computing servers. An application consists of independent services such as a 3GPP system made of Core, Access and Transport services combined to provide an end-to-end slice. MSA promises to make complex systems more easily operated and upgradable.
Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS) provides standardized “ancillary services” (scalability, high availability, state management, controllers, orchestrator…) to developers hiding all infrastructure. Freed developers can focus on their (VNF) applications and (VNS) services. PaaS promises to deliver VNF and VNS with better agility, performance and time-to-market.

An ideal 5G PaaS should not only facilitate building, shipping and running virtual network functions (VNF) with “telco-grade” quality, it should also combine those VNF with all sorts of third-party applications (from start-ups, FOSS, Verticals…) for creating new more versatile and powerful cloud objects breaking silos between connectivity and computing.
As 5G should be designed and implemented to run on public and/or private cloud, the term “cloud-native 5G” collects the essential technology transformation, making 5G essentially a platform. Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

Next Generation RAN Architecture: ORAN, RIC
Microservice/Service based architectures for: CORE, RAN, MEC, etc
Virtualization technologies
Intent based programming
Hybrid private/public clouds: security, deployment, cost, management
Automation and Zero touch service management
Open-source software and tools in cloud-native 5G
Security in microservice architecture
5G testbed implementation and deployment
URLLC/IoT/eMBB enablers
Cloud Platforms and Serverless
Software defined hardware accelerators (e.g. FPGA)
Platform performance and abstraction: CORD, mobile CORD, Kubernetes, etc
Multi-service, multi-tenancy and network slicing
High availability (resiliency, self-healing, redundancy)
Analytics based policy
Technology enablers – Open source and standards (ONAP, OPNFV, ONOS, CORD, Linux Foundation/TMF/ETSI/MEF)

Important Dates:

Paper submission deadline on EDAS: 30 January 2019
Paper Acceptance Notification: 15 February 2019
Camera-Ready papers submitted: 1 March 2019

Read more here.

SaT5G and 5GENESIS "Satellite-terrestrial interworking: a pillar of forthcoming 5G systems" WS @IEEE WCNC
2019-04-15 08:00 - 17:00
SaT5G and 5GENESIS are co-organising the Workshop “Satellite-terrestrial interworking: a pillar of forthcoming 5G systems”, with 5GALLSTAR to be held at the IEEE WCNC conference on April the 15th 2019, in Marrakech, Morocco. They now call for papers.
Motivation and scope: Right after the finalization of the 3GPP 5G Phase I specifications and at the verge of the first commercial launches of 5G systems, seamless integration between the satellite- and the cellular system is not yet finalized. The definition of 3GPP 5G Phase II features has just started under the 3GPP Release 16, but it seems that the remaining open points cannot be effectively addressed by the planned new features set, thus shifting to future releases a real satellite-terrestrial integration. Therefore, in order to stress the importance of such integration for the society as well as its business potential, it is key to call the wireless community to prompt action and therefore to organize workshops that can help in sorting out how the satellite and the wireless community can come to a common understanding of how to deliver jointly new interesting services and also add value to existing ones. We claim that without such integration the charter of 5G networks to finally deliver a unique, homogeneous and ubiquitous communication system, capable of satisfying several verticals and different industries, will not be fulfilled.
This workshop aims at discussing recent technology developments, at highlighting still open issues, and at identifying related business opportunities and the market perspectives of a smooth satellite-terrestrial networks integration. Recent theoretical and experimental results, coming out mainly but not only from a few key international research projects, as well as standardization efforts and regulatory bodies matters in the direction of satellite-terrestrial interworking will be discussed and clarified.
Topics: The topics covered by this workshop include, but are not limited to:

Key 5G enhancements of satellite networks
Integration of satellite and terrestrial networks
Verticals benefitting from satellite-terrestrial integration
Use cases and scenarios for satellite-terrestrial integration
Standardization of satellite-terrestrial networks: status and next steps
Regulation of spectrum bands for the joint usage of satellite and terrestrial networks
Testbeds and trials involving satellite-terrestrial integration
Business cases and business models for satellite-terrestrial integration
3GPP and ETSI status of interoperability features among different access technologies

Important dates:

January 10, 2019 Submission of papers
February 15, 2019 Notification of acceptance
March 1, 2019 Camera-ready version of accepted papers

5G-XCast and ONE 5G WS on advanced 5G radio access network features and performance @ IEEE WCNC
2019-04-15 08:00 - 2019-04-19 17:00
5G-XCast and ONE 5G are co-organising a workshop on Advanced 5G radio access network features and performance at IEEE WCNC in Marrakech, Morocco (15-19 April 2019) and call for papers.
Organized by two flagship 5GPPP European projects, this workshop will bring together the leading names in industry, academia and research institutes to discuss and debate the latest developments in this area. It offers a unique opportunity for researchers in this field to disseminate their results in all radio related aspects of 5G communications to a diverse audience. The workshop invites authors to submit original and previously un-published research papers in the following and related topics. They could cover traditional mobile broadband or any other new 5G vertical applications.

Featured Topics

5G channel modelling and measurements
Novel channel estimation techniques
5G antenna design and prototyping
Multiple antenna techniques, incl. MIMO, Massive MIMO and Beamforming
Control and implementation aspects for Massive MIMO and Beamforming
Non-orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) schemes, code design.
Efficient transceiver architectures and design
5G air interface/ waveform design and optimizations
Advanced radio link management, incl. efficient signalling and control

Hardware impairments – modelling and impact analysis
5G co-ordinated cells incl. NR-CoMP
Heterogeneous networks
Advanced Channel coding, waveform and Non-Uniform modulation
Layered-Division Multiplexing
Next generation of broadcasting systems
Convergence of broadcasting and broadband wireless
5G system prototyping, PoC efforts

Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline: 10 January, 2019
Paper Acceptance Notification : 15 February, 2019
Camera-Ready: 1 March, 2019
Papers should follow the standard IEEE Conference Template and be submitted through EDAS: https://edas.info/N25115

5G-EVE webinar: The 5G EVE End-To-End Facility For Vertical Industry Trials
2019-05-09 14:30 - 15:30
In this one-hour webinar, 5G-EVE will provide a detailed overview on how the 5G EVE end-to-end facility can be used for vertical industry trials. The webinar is aimed at organisations planning to perform trials and experimentation on 5G applications and services by vertical industries. The webinar will be particularly useful for project participants from Horizon 2020 calls ICT-19 and ICT-22.
More specifically, 5G-EVE will:

review why end-to-end 5G validation platforms like the 5G EVE facility are instrumental for growing the 5G ecosystem and establishing a productive collaboration with verticals.
explain the basic 5G EVE services to be made accessible to verticals and how they are based on core 5G technologies and 5G EVE innovations utilising them.
share how our current technical collaboration model with verticals within the 5G EVE project works, and how we plan to extend it to collaborations with verticals outside of 5G EVE, including those from ICT-19 and ICT-22 projects.

More information is available here.
Participation is free of charge. Registration is required via the Registration Form by 6th May 2019.
Registered participants will receive an access link one day before the webinar.

5G-DRIVE @IEEE ICC 2019 workshop: 5G-Trials – From 5G Experiments to Business Validation
2019-05-19 - 2019-05-20 | Oriental Riverside Hotel, 727 Binjiang Avenue, Shanghai, China
5G-DRIVE organises a workshop at IEEE ICC 2019 (Shanghai, China) on May 20, 2019.
This workshop aims at providing a snapshot of the status and progress of 5G trials, and will discuss the first results and the new insights and findings from the range of ongoing 5G trials. The workshop will cover key topics related to 5G trials, including, but not limited to, the

evaluation of 5G spectrum,
evaluation of the performance of 5G NR implementations,
system architecture, e.g. separation of DU/CU, and UP/CP,
verification and performance test of 5G key enabling technologies, e.g., massive MIMO, multi-connectivity, network slicing.
5G network planning, and
network deployment optimization.

The workshop accepts not only test results from trials, but also theoretical results based on realistic deployment schemes and new 5G business models. The workshop is organised by the 5G-DRIVE project.
Read more here!

5G-MoNArch Testbed in Turin on May 24th, 2019
2019-05-24 10:30 - 14:30 | Palazzo Madama, Piazza Castello, Turin, 10122, Italy
With the completion of most of conceptual work, and the successful implementation of a testbed in Turin, 5G-MoNArch organises a project dissemination event at Palazzo Madama in Turin, including presentations or the core research and innovation results and a live demonstration of the Touristic City testbed and its implemented applications. The event takes place on May 24th, 2019, from 10:30 to 14:30 at the Palazzo Madama, Piazza Castello.
The event will start with a workshop providing the tperspective of key takeholders related to smart citydigital tourism services on the opportunities that 5Gwill bring in such contexts. TheTouristic City testbed will then be open to event attendees for a live Virtual Reality experience of the Madama Reale chamber ,accompanied by a detailed insight into the5G-MoNArch implemented technical solutions and innovations.
The event is co-organised with the essential collaboration of the Municipality of Turin and Fondazione Torino Musei.
Agenda and registration are available online here. Registration closes on May 17th, 2019.
